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TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s largest communications company is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts after its parent company announced 4,800 layoffs and the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations. In an internal memo to employees, Bell Media said news stations including CTV and BNN Bloomberg would be affected immediately.
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that journalists were subjected to police harassment and even hurt while covering protests over the police killings of George Floyd. The suit was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota and pro bono attorneys.
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor in Manhattan has announced six additional indictments of men allegedly involved in a brawl with police officers in Times Square, but he says investigators were still working to identify several suspects and their exact role in the frenzy. The district attorney, Alvin Bragg, has
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A wayward kangaroo was corralled safely by sheriff’s deputies Thursday after it was spotted hopping around the pool area of a Florida apartment complex. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released video and still photos of the kangaroo, including some footage shot from a helicopter. The agency also released audio of a
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa confronted some of his country’s deep problems in his annual State of the Nation speech in Parliament on Thursday. But he claimed ahead of elections later this year that his ruling African National Congress party was making progress in
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Paulina Nares (CNN) — El extraordinario descubrimiento de un mensaje en una botella con décadas de antigüedad inspiró a los alumnos de un instituto de Long Island, Nueva York, a recordar a su querido y difunto profesor de ciencias. El guía local de aves acuáticas Adam Travis vio una botella verde tirada cerca de la
Continue ReadingLAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — It’s been six months since a wildfire leveled most of Lahaina, a centuries-old town on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Authorities say 100 people were killed and three are still missing from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. Thousands of residents who lost their homes in the blaze
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are urging the state Supreme Court to ignore a report from redistricting consultants that determined GOP-proposed legislative maps were unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. They argue that the consultants’ findings are unsound. Democrats asked the court on Thursday to adopt one of their maps that the
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A bounty of 10 African penguin chicks has hatched in just over a year at a San Francisco science museum as part of an effort to conserve the endangered bird. The penguins began hatching in November 2022, ending a four year period without any new chicks, and continued through January of
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By Brammhi Balarajan, CNN (CNN) — A Columbus, Ohio, woman is facing 20 years in prison after admitting to kidnapping two infant twins she ultimately abandoned, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Nalah T. Jackson, 25, stole a car from a pizzeria parking lot and drove away with the five-month-old twins in the back seat in December
Continue Reading macamilarincon (CNN) –– Un juez federal le ordenó a Donald Trump pagar 83,3 millones de dólares a E. Jean Carroll, respaldando el veredicto que emitió el jurado en el juicio por difamación el mes pasado. Jurado determina que Trump deberá pagar US$ 83,3 millones a E. Jean Carroll en daños por difamación La sentencia se
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — California’s governor announced plans Thursday to send prosecutors to Oakland in his latest move to crack down on rising crime in the San Francisco Bay Area city where brazen robberies in broad daylight have drawn national attention. Gov. Gavin Newsom days earlier said he would deploy 120 California Highway Patrol officers
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A motorcyclist is dead after crashing into a light pole Thursday afternoon in Yucca Valley. The crash was first reported to authorities at around 12:45 p.m. on the 55400 block of 29 Palms Hwy, near Kickapoo Trail. Details on the crash remain limited, but a spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept. confirmed the
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Bojan Bogdanovic left Detroit to join a now even-more-formidable contender in New York. Gordon Hayward is leaving Charlotte for one of the NBA’s best surprise stories this season in Oklahoma City. Doug McDermott was once traded by Indiana to San Antonio, and now, the Spurs have traded him back
Continue ReadingBy DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — There is much that Clark Hunt will never forget about that night four years ago in Miami, when five decades of futility had finally ended, and the Kansas City Chiefs — the team his late father Lamar Hunt had founded — raised another Lombardi Trophy.
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council has overridden a mayoral veto with a 9-3 vote and approved a resolution that calls for a cease-fire in Gaza and for an end to U.S. military funding to Israel. The office of Mayor Jacob Frey, who is Jewish, said he has been “clear and consistent” in his
Continue Reading CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Durante las últimas dos décadas, Estados Unidos importó más bienes de China que todas las demás naciones. Ese ya no es el caso. México es ahora el principal exportador de bienes a Estados Unidos, según nuevos datos comerciales publicados por el Departamento de Comercio el miércoles. México envió bienes por valor
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of consumer advocate and former candidate for president Ralph Nader. Personal Birth date: February 27, 1934 Birth place: Winsted, Connecticut Birth name: Ralph Nader Father: Nathra Nader Mother: Rose (Bouziane) Nader Education: Princeton University, A.B., 1955, Harvard Law School, L.L.B., 1958 Military: US Army, 1959 Other
Continue ReadingBy JOEY CAPPELLETTI and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Biden administration officials are meeting with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Michigan. It’s part of an effort to mend ties with a community that has an important role in deciding whether President Joe Biden can hold on to a crucial swing state
Continue ReadingSCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A small plane pilot who authorities say has stalked a New York woman for years, flying low and sometimes throwing tomatoes, has been arrested for a fifth time. Michael Arnold, 65, of Schuylerville, was ordered held without bail following his Feb. 1 arrest on misdemeanor counts of stalking and criminal contempt,
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